DELHI ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL NEWS REPORT

EFFORTS ENABLE EXCELLENCE

COMPILEDFOR DOA BY :

DR. HITESH LAL SECRETARY: DR HITESH LAL

PRESIDENT: DR DHANANJAY GUPTA

The month of December started with IOA travelling fellows visit to Delhi from 14-18th Dec. 2018. They were welcomed by DOA President, Secretary And Treasurer at the Welcome Dinner. The timetable of the fellows was planned so as to cover all premier centers and specialities of orthopaedics in the city. The first visit was planned at AIIMS where they were showed complex spine deformity surgeries by Dr. Bhavuk and team under guidance of Prof. Rajesh Malhotra. Next day they visited Fortis Vasant kunj in morning for a morning class- case discussion with Dr. Gurinder Bedi and DOA President Dr. Dhananjay Gupta. Later they visited the Indian Spine Injury centre hosted by Dr. Sudhir Kapoor. On Sunday they participated in a lively Arthroplasty Conference at AIIMS with the host being Dr. CS Yadav. On Monday they visited the Sports Injury Centre at Safdarjung Hospital, the national centre of its kind and witnessed Arthroscopy And Arthroplasty Surgeries.

-the host were Dr. RK Arya and Secretary DOA. In the afternoon they visited Central Institute of Orthopaedics for an academic and practical presentation of Spine and Acetabulum Surgeries. The last day they went to Sant Parmanand Hospital where a mix of arthroplasy and arthroscopy surgeries were demonstrated. The host were Dr. Shekar Aggarwal and Dr. Shekhar Srivastava.

DOA BASIC TRAUMA COURSE 20/01/2019

The academic year of doa started with the DOA Basic Trauma Course.The Delhi Orthopaedic Association, Basic Trauma Course, 2019 was held on 20th Jan2019, at The Metropolitan Hotel, Bangla Sahib Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi under the chairmanship of President DOA of Dr. Dhananjay Gupta and Dr Hitesh Lal as the course director. Dr. Vineet Arora and Dr. Rehan Ul Haq were the course Co ordinators.

Dr.(Prof.) Rajesh Malhotra President IOA also graced the occasion and appreciated the course,

and advised to make it visible on doa website. The course was attended by about 50 delegates from various institutes of Delhi and nearby areas. The scientific programme was divided into three well laid down sessions, each consisting of lectures, panel discussion and saw bone session. Six basic trauma topics; bone screws, plating (including locking plates), tension band wiring, external fixator, dynamic hip screw and interlock nailing, were covered during these sessions. Besides these there were lectures on; operating theatre ethics and etiquettes, and reduction techniques. The faculty for the course consisted of some of the most experienced trauma surgeons from different institutes of Delhi. This included Dr. Mathew Varghese (St. Stephens), Dr. Anil Mehtani (LHMC), Dr. Sharad Aggarwal (Max Patparganj), Dr. SK Sharma (DDUHospital), Dr.IK Dhammi (UCMS & GTBHospital), Dr. Aditya N Agarwal (UCMS & GTBHospital), Dr. Hitesh Lal (SIC Safdarjung Hospital), Dr. Pushkar Chawla (ISIC), Dr. Vikrant Manhas (AIIMS),Dr. Rehan Ul Haq (UCMS & GTBHospital), Dr. Vineet Arora (DDUHospital), Atul Vaish (Railway Hospital) , Dr. Dhananjay Gupta (Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj), Dr. Abhishek Kashyap (MAMC&LNJPHospital), Dr. Jatin Talwar (VMMC&Safdarjung Hospital) and Dr. Pradeep Bageja (Ganga Ram Hospital). They ensured that each session was as informative and interactive as possible. The highlight of the course were the ten saw bone stations; each with a student instructor ratio of one is to five. This ensured that every delegate got ample hands on supervised time on the work stations. Good quality saw bones and instrumentation at each station helped the delegates to learn and practice the finer aspect of trauma surgery. The participation certificates to the delegates were awarded only after they had submitted a detailed feedback form. Most delegates were very happy with the course content and structure and rated it between four and five on a scale of five. Everybody congratulated the organizing team for putting up a great scientific show.

NARAYANA KNEE SYMPOSIUM - 20/01/2019- NARAYANA SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL , GURUGRAM UNDER AEGIS OF DELHI ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION The other show organised on same day was the Knee symposium by Dr Monu Singh At Narayana Superspeciality Hospital Gurugram .

The Knee Symposium was conducted on the 20th of January 2019 atNarayana Superspeciality Hospital , Gurugram from 9am to 4 pm . There were 57 registered delegates including young practicing surgeons, dnb fellows and pg students from delhi , gurgaon, bhiwadi and rewari region . The faculty included about 20 senior orthopaedic surgeons specializing in knee surgery who presented informative talks on all aspects of knee surgeries, trauma, arthroscopy, joint replacement and joint preservation. There were 12 master presentations followed by difficult case presentation and discussion which generated a lot of enthusiasm among the delegates . Following lunch a hands on workshop on sawbones was conducted for primary TKR procedure where 12 post graduate students and dnb trainees learnt the technique from the experts with first hand practice. The meeting ended at 4 pm with felicitation of the faculty and presentation of certification to the delegates

DOA organised the DOA Annual Sports meet on 10th Feb 2019, Sunday at Jasola sports complex. It is an annual event where delhi orthopods of all four zones North , east, west and south meet each other and show their sports and fitness potential. The competition was held in Table Tennis, Badminton, Cricket and chess. There were only two teams in cricket due to controversy over use of tennis ball versus leather ball as last year injury ball blues haunted the cricketers of DOA. The South delhi team won the match defeating combined team of East and West Delhi. The winners and organisers were awarded

momentos.

In Chess, Dr Raju Vaishya defended his title and won the gold medal. Dr KL Sarawagi was 1st runner up and Dr Shailender Gupta was 2nd runner up. In Badminton, experience got upper hand over age. In doubles, the defending champions Dr Anmol Marya and Dr BarjinderSingh retained the gold medal. Dr Vijay Kumar Sharma and Dr Arumugam were 1st runner up. I badminton singles, The title was won by Dr Vijay Kumar Sharma while 1st runner up was Dr Anmol Marya and 2nd runner up were Dr Barjinder Singh and Dr Abhyant Gupta. In Table tennis, Dr Vijay Kumar Sharma won the gold medal. The 1st runner up was Dr Shailendra and 2nd runner up was Dr Ashok Goyal. In doubles, Dr Raju Vaishya and Dr Vijay Kumar Sharma won the gold. The first runner up were Dr Amit Sharma and Dr Shailendra and 2nd runner up were Dr Ashok Goyal and Dr R.K. Gupta. The awards were distributed by President DOA Dr Dhananjay Gupta,past presidents and Secretary DOA. The DOA editor Dr. Raju vaish took the lead in organising the event. All the members were in high josh

On the same day a one day foot and ankle course was held under aegis of DOA

at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital by dr rajat chopra. The event saw a gathering of 55 foot and ankle enthusiast. 3rd DOA Scientific writing course was held this year in collaboration with Indian Journal of Orthopaedics as JCOT-IJO Scientific Writing Course.

The 3rd successive scientific writing course was successfully held at the Royal Plaza Hotel, Ashoka Road, New Delhi on 17th February 2019. This time, this event was co-hosted by our Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Indian Journal of Orthopedics, under the leadership of their respective Editors in Chief, namely Drs. Raju Vaishya and Lalit Maini. It was a full house and was studded with rich scientific content. 60 delegates from all over the country, Delhi- NCR and Nepal participated in it. There were 20 faculty and it included some of the

top Researchers in the field of Orthopaedics and other specialities, in India. Most of the faculty were on the Editorial board of some journals. The delegates were delighted to dive into the seemingly difficult sea water of Research and Publication. The scientific modules were specially made to suit and address the needs to new researchers, through the efforts of Drs Rajiv Thukral and Rehan ul Haq. This unique event of Delhi Orthopaedic Association, keeps us miles ahead of any other state chapter in the country and we must feel proud of it. Our President, Dr. Dhananjay Gupta and Hon. Secretary, Dr Hitesh Lal are worth commendable for their valuable support, in making this event highly successful.

2nd SPICC 2019

The Second Surgical Postgraduate Instructional Cadaveric Course 2019 was held on 2-3rd March 2019 by Sports Injury centre, Central Institute Of Orthopaedics At Dissection Hall Of Department Of Anatomy Vardhman Mahavir Medical College And Safdarjung Hospital. It was done under aegis of delhi orthopaedic associtation. The course as the first one was conceived with the thought that there are many postgraduate course which focus on case presentation and are theory based,but this was a course with a difference – it gave hands on experience to postgraduates. As we all know in orthopaedic surgery a well done surgical approach is half job done, so it was planned as a two day course the first day was on lower limb approaches and second day was upper limb. The approaches chosen were all common basic approaches of major joints of limbs and some basic emergency postgraduate surgeries like fasciotomy of limbs for compartment syndrome.

The course was planned with 1:5 ratio for delegates and cadavers; it saw an overwhelming response not from state but also national and at international level.

Total seats were 50 but were closed at 53. The delegates were first demonstrated surgical approaches by the senior orthopaedic faculty which was telecasted on two big screens and than they were allowed to do same approaches on cadavers under supervision of table faculty.

The 1st doa pg teaching session was held at DDU Hospital It was organised by our PG Coordinator Dr. Vineet Arora and Dr. Rehan Ul Haq. The focus was HIP and they were short PG focussed lectures followed by exhausting case discussion of HIP cases. The faculty dr. sk sharma, Dr. Ish Dhami , Dr. VK Goel and PG coordinators discussed the cases thread bare and zealous interest of more than 60 PG‟s till 6 in evening was worth seeing

DOA BASIC SPINE COURSE 12/04/2019

The SPINE COURSES OF DOA WERE COMBINED WITH 3 DAYS OF SPINE SURGERY , The First Day On 12th Was Cadaveric Basic Spine Course And On 13-14th April Was Advanced Cadaveric Spine Course First Day Being Cervical Spine And On Second Day Dorsolumbar Spine At Central Institute Of Orthpaedics , Safdarjung Hospital.

The course was held at AIIMS Trauma centre cadaveric facility and faculty was drawn from all over india. The module consisted of basic cervical disc surgery and dorsolumbo sacral iliac pedicle screws. It was well attended by 30 delegates with 5:1 ratio per cadaver and operating microscope and C-arm facility. The course was inaugrated by IOA President Dr. Rajesh Malhotra and organising secretary was Prof. Kamraan farooque. The faculty(9) was drawn from whole of india and included IOA President Prof. Rajesh Malhotra, Prof. Kamran Farooque, Prof. Manish Chadha, Dr. Pankaj Kandwal, Dr. Bhavuk Garg, Dr. Sachin Borkar,. Dr. Abhishek Kashyap, Dr. Abhishek Srivastava & Dr. Vivek Tandon

2nd CIO Advance Cadaveric Spine Course

13-14/04/2019

2nd CIO advance spine cadaveric workshop was organized in association with Delhi Orthopaedic association on 13 & 14th April, 2019 at anatomy dissection hall safdarjung hospital & VMMC. The workshop was conducted under guidance of course chairman Dr Ramesh kumar and organizing Secretary Dr Tankeswar Boruah. For the workshop, course program included almost all major topic of advance spine surgeries like odontoid fracture fixation, cervical pedicle screw fixation, cervical disc replacement, osteotomies of spine including PSO and SPO, C1-C2 fixation, TLIF/OLIF/XLIF/ALIF ,S2 alar screw fixation and kyphoplasty. We invited the eminent spine faculties of India to deliver their talk on the topic allotted to them and also to demonstrate on the cadaver. We were also blessed by eminent

international faculty Dr Richard Emery from France They also shared valuable experience related to topic and also tips and tricks to avoid any major complication. All the delegates were allotted cadaver to perform procedure on it and faculties helped them to overcome any difficulty they encountered. Whole workshop took place smoothly.

At the end of workshop delegates were satisfied as they learnt a lot from course and also got adequate time for hands on cadaver lab session. As per feedback delegates overall experience was good.

FIRST QUARTERLY MEET OF DOA 31/03/2019 at MIRPUR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES CONVENOR : DR. (PROF) SS YADAV

The first quarterly meet was held at Mirpur Institute of Medical Sciences at Mirpur, Rewari on 31st March 2019. The host and convenor was Past president IOA &DOA Dr. ( Prof.) SS Yadav.\ Its an annual event and it was graced by both President IOA &DOA and around 60 doa members reached mirpur in private transport arranged by DOA. The meet started with a sumptuous breakfast followed by an interactive and informative presentation and interesting

/difficult case discussion.

The meet was followed by lunch and music programme added to the village fervor and entertainment. DOA BASIC ILIZAROV COURSE 21/04/2019 DOA Ilizarov course 2019 was organised on 21 April at Hotel Ambassador with heading "ILIZAROV SIMPLIFIED" This course was designed to make ilizarov application simple after learning its basics.Saw bone model workshop was conducted. ilizarov course organising secretory was Dr Shailendra Chandra Gupta. it was a very well attended course of DOA , there were 40 delegates with 1:4 table and faculty ratio and ten faculty. This course was also attended by whole DOA EC. The mentors included who and who of ilizarov Dr. Vikas gupta VMMS &SJH, Dr.Manish Dhawan IOA Treasurer and ASAMI President besides Dr. Vikrant Manhans, Dr. Mayank, Dr Pritish Singh and Dr. Amit Sharma .

4TH AIIMS PELVIC ACETABULAR COURSE

27-28/04

Was held at AIIMS Trauma centre in collaboration with DOA. The 4th course was

organised for first time with DOA collaboration and President IOA Prof. Rajesh Malhotra was the patron and dr vijay Sharma the organising secretary. The course included national and international faculty from Dr. Inder Gill form UK, and Dr. Kok-Sun Khong from Korea.

DOA HAND COURSE 19TH MAY

The Hand Course of Delhi Orthopedics Association was organisedby Delhi Orthopedics Association (DOA) and under aegis of Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand (ISSH) on 19th May 2019 at The Park Hotel New Delhi. It was a course intended for young Hand Surgeons as well as post graduate students to upgrade their clinical skills as well as their practical knowledge. Recent advances in

hand surgery were included for the benefit of practicing hand surgeons. It was attended by more than 120 delegates from all over the country, who participated in discussions with full enthusiasm and vigor. It was full capacity attendance right from 9 am till 6 pm in the evening. For the benefit of post graduates topics like examination of hand in nerve injuries, radiological examination of wrist and live demonstration of wrist examination were included. Topics like arthroscopic assisted fixation and bone grafting, arthroscopic TFCC repair and trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation attracted senior colleagues. Eminent Faculty from all over the country showed keenness to impart knowledge to their young colleagues through lectures, case discussion,panel discussion as well as teaching and training during hands-on workshops. The Prominent Faculty included Prof. P P Kotwal (New Delhi), Dr.Vikas Gupta (New Delhi), Prof.Anil Dhal (New Delhi),Prof.Anil Bhat (Manipal), Dr.ViolaineBeauthier (Paris,France), Dr.AmitabhLahiri (Singapore), Dr Akram Jawed (New Delhi), Dr Amit Vyas (Jaipur), Dr Vineet Dabbas (New Delhi) Dr Ajeet Tiwari (Kanpur), Dr Mohd. Tahir (New Delhi), Dr Rashmi Chopra (Gurugram), Dr Abhishek Sharma (New Delhi), Dr Vivek Jhangira(New Delhi) and Dr Vishal Jain (New Delhi). Including presentation by former DGHS Govt. of India Dr. BD Athani. The most highlighting feature of the course was hands-on bioskill workshop on scaphoid screw fixation and tight rope fixation for 1st CMC joint on bone models. For the first time in India variable angle compact hand was introduced and hands on workshop for fracture fixation using these implants on bone models. Overall it was a successful course, appreciated by all attendees as well as faculty Convener :Dr.Vikas Gupta Co-Convener: Dr.Akram Jawed

2ND QUARTERLY MEET OF DOA 26/05/2019

DOA quarterly meet held successfully on 26th May 2019. This was organized by South Delhi Orthopaedic Society. Event sharply started on given time. This was blessed by speakers from Delhi, Chandigarh, Pune as well .This was totally paperless event. This was good interactive and focussed meeting. Event started from basics etiopathogenesis, classifications. There are so many classifications available. So it took away our confusion of which classification to follow. Imaging of AVN was beautifully explained to audience. Medical management of AVN was fabulously explained. Role of osteotomy was superbly elaborated by Dr. Sadhoo. Total hip Arthroplasty session was excellent taught by Dr C S Yadav. Entire session was interactive and finished with interesting case discussion.

DOA Advanced Trauma Course 2nd June 2019

The course started with all the faculty reaching in time followed by a faculty meeting at 8:30 am wherein Dr. Vijay Sharma (Organising Secretary) briefed everyone on the expectation from the course and the general experience of overall participants. This was followed by a sumptuous breakfast.

Bang on time was the first talk by Prof. Lalit Maini who beautifully summed up management of femoral head fractures which was well appreciated. The house was full with no seats left in the hall during the first talk itself. This was followed by the other talks on the proximal femur fractures by Dr. Pushkar, Prof. Kamran, and Dr. Deepak Raina which raised a lot of heated discussions followed by academic consensus. This was followed by the case presentations on proximal femur by Dr. Sumit Batra, Dr. Jatin Talwar, and Dr. Samarjeet Singh who showed some unique cases like osteopetrosis, periimplant fractures with their management. The audience generated a lot of queries and discussion during the case discussion which immersed everyone so much that time flew away and the course was delayed by over half an hour.

Then followed the tea with pakodas and breakfast for delegates before the next session on distal

femur fractures. This had excellent talks from Dr. Pushkar, Dr. Bedi, and Dr. Vijay Sharma. Patellar plating by Dr. Vijay Sharma generated a lot of controversy which was put to rest by the immense discussion by the faculty. Use of guide wires and tips and tricks in management of Hoffas fractures were discussed at length by the faculty and audience after Dr. Bedi‟s talk. Then followed the

interesting cases on distal femur by Dr. Simon Thomas, Dr. Vineet Ahuja which clarified the concepts of ATLS, DCO, ETC in orthopaedics and role of span , scan and plan in management of complex fractures. The enthusiasm of the audience and their queries just would not stop and created a superb academic environment and audience and delegates greatly benefited from the discussions among the faculty and their experience including their tips and tricks developed over the years.

This made way for the next session on proximal tibia fractures which included talks from Dr. Puneet Mishra on decision making and approaches in these fractures while Dr. Samarth Mittal talked about the tips and tricks in reduction and fixation of these fractures using intraop images of the tips and tricks of his cases to clarify some concepts to the audience. The discussion covered in details the management of these fractures by the newer classification systems and audience was given a clear message regarding the common controversies.

TFNA and Proximal tibia workshops using imported AO implants was next on the cards where delegates greatly appreciates hands on saw bone use of these implants and learnt the tricks to use these implants. Many of the delegates were exposed to these for the first time ever.

After a half day full of discussions and concepts this was time for lunch wherein everyone was completely bowled over by the variety, quality and taste of food.

After Lunch, there was no time to snooze when the audience erupted with questions during the case discussion on proximal tibia cases by Dr. Pradeep Bageja and Dr. Abhishek Vaish. The

audience was shown the use of technology and 3D modelling by Dr. Abhishek which caught everyone‟s eye.

Next on list was the session on distal tibia fractures where Dr. Maninder Shah and Dr. Balwinder Rana gave clear message on management of trimalleolar and pilon fractures respectively. They not just cleared a lot of doubts but also the myths associated with these fractures. This was followed by the case discussion by Dr. Balwinder Rana and Dr. Simarjeet Singh and the energy of the delegates and their thirst for knowledge at far end of the day was something that couldn‟t be missed.

This was followed by a short tea break and workshop on saw bones with distal tibia fractures and plates using top quality AO implants.

Dr. Vijay Sharma ended the day with a vote of thanks to DOA EC committee, engineers Kulbhushan and Shailesh for the audio visual support and Ms. Divya for the arrangement and the logistics behind the scenes support. The faculty were felicitated with a token of appreciation followed by a group photo.

All in all, the program was excellent. It was a huge success and well appreciated by one and all not just in content but in overall organisation and the smooth conduct.

DOA ARTHROPLASTY COURSE 09/06

Delhi Orthopaedic Association 'Arthroplasty Update' was held at Ayurvigyan Auditorium, Army Hopsital (R&R) New Delhi on 09 Jun 2019. The conference was organised by JRC Team at AHRR. 43 eminent surgeons from New Delhi as well as from outstation participated as speakers and chairpersons. 79 Orthopaedic surgeons and residents attended the meeting as delegates. There were 6 sessions and 2 panel discussions. Welcome address was given By Col (Dr) Barun Datta, HoD (JRC, AHRR). Lectures on topics in the field of primary and revision hip and knee arthroplasty were delivered. The lectures included powerpoint presentations, personal experiences, video demonstration of surgical techniques and surgical challenges in the field of hip and knee arthroplasty. Closing address was given by Dr Dhananjay Gupta, President, DOA. Speakers and chairpersons were felicitated with Momento. Breakfast, tea-coffee and lunch was organised for the participants. Pictures from the conference is attached to this mail. A scientific programme is also

DOA OSTEOTOMY SYMPOSIUM 30/06

Doa Osteotomy symposium was also the first of its type course started this year by the doa ec which saw a tremendous response and delegate limit of 50 was fulfilled with eminent faculty from delhi and Chandigarh gracing the occasion as mentors. Osteotomy of upper and lower limb the classic and the commonest were discussed by professors and was a treat for residents.

Doa midcon 07/07/2019

Delhi Orthopaedic Association’s Mid Year

Conference 2019 (DOA-MIDCON 2019) Report

Date: 7th July 2019 (Sunday)

Venue: Convention Centre, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.

Organizing Chairman: Prof. Shishir Rastogi

Organizing Secretary: Prof. Sandeep Kumar

DOA President: Dr. Dhananjay Gupta

DOA Secretary: Dr. Hitesh Lal

DOA Treasurer: Dr. R.K. Mishra

Delhi Orthopaedic Association‟s Midyear

conference for 2019 was held on 7th July 2019, in the campus of Jamia Hamdard. It was organized under the wise guidance of Prof. Shishir Rastogi, Head, Department of Orthopaedics, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (HIMSR). HIMSR is the only private and one of the youngest medical colleges in Delhi. Year by year, it is rising in national ranks of medical colleges of the country. Every year, the theme of MIDCON is pertaining to trauma. Neglected trauma patients are challenging cases for any Orthopaedic surgeon. A discussion on how to plan, manage and successfully to heal these neglected injuries is necessary. So, with the theme of „Neglected Trauma‟, MIDCON 2019 was

conducted. The faculty chosen, had vast experience in managing these injuries and the scientific program was meticulously designed to help delegates understand the management of these common day to day challenging injuries. Over 120 registrations from delegates of Delhi

NCR including postgraduate students (MS/DNB/D Ortho) were received for the conference. Apart from the delegates, it was attended in large numbers by the executive committee of Delhi Orthopaedic Association, past presidents of DOA and respected Prof. S. M. Tuli. The program was started by upper limb session, which was chaired by Prof. Shishir Rastogi and Prof. Mukesh Kalra and moderated by Dr. Arvind Kumar, HIMSR. The lectures were delivered as per schedule and the content was appreciated by all. After the lectures, questions were put up by the audience for the faculty, which were satisfactorily answered. The faculty and chairperson were felicitated.

The Chief guest for the meeting was current Indian Orthopaedic Association’s President

Prof. Rajesh Malhotra. The program was inaugurated by Prof. Rajesh Malhotra, Dr. Atul Srivastav (Secretary, IOA), Prof. R.C. Meena (President Elect, IOA), Dr. Dhananjay Gupta (President, DOA), Prof. Hitesh Lal (Secretary, DOA), Prof. Shishir Rastogi (Organizing Chairman, DOA-MIDCON 2019) and Prof. Sandeep Kumar (Organizing Secretary, DOA). It was a rare event where Present President, Past President and President Elect of IOA alongwith Secretary IOA graced the conference. The young budding doctors of HIMSR welcomed the guests on the dais with flowers, followed by lamp lighting ceremony. Imam Sahib from the Jamia Hamdard‟s Rabia Masjid recited lines from Holy Quran and enlightened the audience. All the members on the dais gave speeches which was encouraging for the delegates and young orthopods. The inauguration program concluded with National Anthem. It was followed by high tea and snacks.

After the high tea, second session focusing on neglected hip and pelvis trauma was started. The academic content of the lectures and knowledge of the faculty was appreciated by one and all. Following second session, a special GBM was conducted by executive committee of Delhi Orthopaedic association. Simultaneously, PG quiz competition was started after second session,

which had participation from 14 teams from various colleges/hospitals of Delhi. It was conducted by Dr. Dhananjay Sabat, MAMC. This followed by half an hour long lunch session. The third session was on the neglected knee trauma and fourth on foot and ankle. The detailed program is enclosed. Poster competition was also conducted and interaction with contestants and judges was held simultaneously during third session. After the academic session, a lecture on medical ethics was taken by Dr. R.K. Mishra, Treasurer, Delhi Orthopaedic Association (in lieu of DMC speaker, due to his/her absence). Validectory was given by Prof. Shishir Rastogi, Organizing Chairman and Prof. Sandeep Kumar, Organizing Secretary.

Report on 2nd HIMSR JESS workshop- 6th July 2019, Saturday

Patron: Prof. Shishir Rastogi

Organizing Chairman: Prof. Sandeep Kumar

Organizing Secretary: Dr. Javed Jameel

Course Co-ordinator: Dr. Lokesh Maratha

On the preceding day of the MIDCON, 2nd HIMSR workshop, was conducted. It was the teach the principles, basics and application of JESS fixator, the indigenious multipurpose external fixator. There were 6 faculty members from outside delhi, which are renowned experts of this fixator. There were 70 delegates which participated in the workshop. It included series of lectures, followed by sessions of Hands-on workshop. The workshop was concluded by

validectory function, which had Prof. S.E. Hasnain, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard, as the chief guest.

DOA ONCO MEET 21/07

DOA 1st Orthopedic Oncology CME

Delhi Orthopaedic Association (DOA) has extended its subspecialty orthopaedic training programme and has organized 1st Orthopaedic oncology CME titled “DOA-1st Orthopaedic Oncology CME” on Sunday 21st July, at India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. The CME was conducted under the guidance of Dr Dhanajay (President DOA) and Dr Hitesh Lal (Secretary DOA) and was co-hosted by Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, Delhi and Indian Musculoskeletal Oncology Society (IMSOS).

The meeting started with the inaugural address by Mr D S Negi, CEO of RGCIRC, Delhi. The meeting has eminent national faculty from all over the country notably Dr Ajay Puri and Dr Gulia from TMH, Mumbai, Dr Sudhir Garg from Chandigarh, Dr Lalit Maini from MAMC, Dr Sudhir Kapoor, Dr Shishir Rastogi and Dr S S yadav. The conference was attended by around 70 residents and practicing orthopaedic surgeons from Delhi, NCR and other nearby states.

The CME had few focused lectures followed by ORP sessions/ Panel discussion to enhance case based learning. Every faculty contributed immensely to make the CME an academic feast.

For active participation of the delegates ARS(audience response system) were used in all sessions. The meeting also had poster sessions and ended with the Quiz session for resident doctors.

DOA PG SESSION GTB HOSPITAL 27/07/2019

The DOA PG Session on examination of the spine

titled “DOA PG Class: Spine” was held at

University College of Medical Sciences and GTB

Hospital on the 27th July 2019 between 12.45 PM

to 4.00 PM in the lecture theatre one of the

college. Assistant Prof.Rajnand Kumar,UCMS &

GTB Hospital, was the Organising Secretary

while Dr. Vineet Arora, Deen Dayal Upadhay

Hospital and Prof. Rehan Ul Haq, UCMS and

GTB Hospital, Delhi were the Course Co

Ordinators.

The session was attended by about seventy

Orthopaedic postgraduates and DNB students

from various institutes of Delhi and NCR.In the

beginning there were two focussed lectures;

history taking and clinical exam of the spine by

Prof. Anil Jain, UCMS & GTB Hospital; and

neurological examination/deciding the level of

lesion by Prof. Manish Chaddha UCMS & GTB

Hospital. Following this two long and many short

cases were presented by the post graduate

delegates in front of very experienced faculty

consisting of Prof.Anil K Jain, Dr.VK Goel, Dr.

SK Sharma,Dr. IK Dhammi, Prof. Aditya N

Agarwal,Dr. Prof. Manish Chaddha,Dr. Vineet

Arora and Prof. Rehan Ul Haq,This was followed

by an extensive doubt clearing session which

continued till about 5.30 PM.

The DOA President Dr. Dhananjay Gupta, DOA

Secretary Dr. Hitesh Lal and executive member

Dr. Amit Kansal graced the meeting and shared

their wisdom with the delegates. Their presence

was a huge encouragement for the organisers and

the delegates.

Towards theend a feedback was taken from the

delegates about the current session and also about

how future sessions could be organised better to

serve their requirements. The delegates were

satisfied with the format of the sessions but

wanted the frequency to be enhanced. The

meeting ended on a good note following an

address by Dr. Dhananjay Gupta.

NATIONAL BONE AND JOINT WEEK of IOA (1st to7th August 2019) The National Bone and Joint week witnessed a plethora of activities conducted by DOA. The week commenced with a press conference by DOA President Dr. Dhananjay Gupta along with other executive members on 1st August 2019.The purpose was to create awareness amongst masses about bone health. There was a request to PM and HM to include everyone over the age of 60 yrs should be included in PMJAY Scheme. On the morning of 4th August DOA held an awareness rally in Lodhi Garden NEW DELHI. Information leaflets pertaining to preventive care for strong bones were distributed to the morning walkers. All executives had participated in yoga exercises and morning walk. The secretary Dr Hitesh Lal gave a public education message/interview on FM Radio (Rainbow,102.6) of importance of bone and joint day, why is it celebrated, what activities are planned by DOA on the day and ensuing week; and his NEST doctrine for keeping bone and joint healthy. It was followed by CME on imaging of MSK at India international center at Delhi for celebrating National Bone and Joint day. In subsequent days of the week Dr. Sharad aggarwal DOA (president elect) has conducted two educational sessions for patients .The first session was held at Max super specialty hospital Patparganj and another one at his clinic on 5th August. There was an interactive session was conducted by Dr. Vineet Arora ( D.O.A executive)at B.G.S International Public School sector 5 Dwarka on the morning of 7th August . It was attended by more than 250 students and teachers . Another session was conducted by Dr. R K Mishra (treasurer D.O.A) at M.C.D primary school Tilak Nagar. D.O.A. members including Dr. Brijender and Dr. Pradeep Bageecha were also actively involved in free bone health camps at their respective clinics on 7 August . Information brochures issued by I.O.A were distributed in various hospitals including DDUH,SGRH and BLK hospitals to sensitize patients for the measures regarding good bone health .

CME MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING 04/08

DOA MSK CME

Conducted on 4th of august 2019

Venue – india international centre

Approximately 125 delegates including faculty attended the meet

Over 20 important presentations by senior delhi faculty and a dozen difficult case discussion and interaction with delegates done

DOA ADVANCED ADVANCED DEFORMITY CORRECTION COURSE 01/09

Delhi orthopaedic Association Advance Deformity Correction Course was conducted At Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 1st September 2019 .

Organising Team

Dr Manish Dhawan - Organising Chairman and Course Director

Dr Brajesh Nandan - Organising Co- Chairperson

Dr Ravi Chauhan - Organising Secretary

Various Renowned Surgeons who are masters in the field of Ilizarov Methodology and Deformity correction had participated as faculty.

Total Registrations were 79 out which 68 delegates have attended the program.

MAD-Minimally access course of DOA

DOA HANDS ON MICROSCOPIC SPINE WORKSHOP- 14/09

It was the first course started by DOA coined MAD –MINIMALLY ACCESS COURSE OF DOA and this year it was decided to do a cadaveric workshop on teaching skill of using and operating microscope in spine surgery. The delegate to faculty ratio was aimed at 1:5 and cadaveric delegate ratio was also the same. There were 25 delegates and the course was held on 14/09 at AIIMS TRAUMA CENTRE/JPNATC, AIIMS. The organising secretary was professor Kamran Farooque and Patron was Prof. Rajesh Malhotra. The course was a great success and attended with great zeal by the delegates who were a mixture of old and new, residents and faculty.

3rd DOA PG teaching class

14/09/2019

3rd DOA PG teaching class on Shoulder &

Knee joint clinical examination was

conducted on 14th Sept. 2019 in

Auditorium of NRCH, New Delhi. This 4

hour long session was marked by various

discussions & presentation by esteemed

faculties & delegates. Around 70 delegates

including PG. students from various

medical colleges & hospitals have

participated actively. The esteemed

faculty were invited from three hospitals.

It included Dr. Umed singh, Dr. Vineet

Kumar Arora from DDU Hosp. & Dr.

Aditya N. Agarwal, Dr. Rehan Ul Haq, Dr.

I.K.Dhami from GTB hosp. The host

faculty were Dr R.K. Manocha & Dr. Atul

Vaish from NRCH. The session began with

introduction on shoulder examination by

Dr. R.K Manocha, followed by knee

examination presentation by Dr.Vineet

Kumar Arora and Dr.Rehan Ul Haq. Dr

Atul Vaish had worked as main co-

ordinator. This was followed by two

clinical case presentations to various

panelists and demonstration of special

tests by experts. It was indeeed a very

interactive & educative session in which

all participants participated actively.

The session was graced by presence of

honorary secretary DOA Dr.Hitesh Lal.

The feedback was taken about the

programme from various delegates

regarding planning & further improving

for future P.G. teaching classes. The

session ended with vote of thanks by Dr.

Atul Vaish.

DOA MEDICOLEGAL SEMINAR 21/09/2019

DOA Medicoleagal seminar was held on 21/09/2019 at Department of Orthopaedics Maulana Azad Medical College . It was a course of its kind which involved professions of both medical (orthopaedic and forensic medicine), Delhi Medical Council and Lawyers. The seminar was free and involved presentations on topic from consent to examination to ethics.

The seminar was meticulously interactive, had real case discussion by panellist of lawyers, forensic and orthopaedics. The delegates and ec attended in large numbers with an attendance of 80.

DOA 3rd QUARTERLY MEET 29/09-KNEE

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Department of orthopaedics (Sir Gangaram Hospital organised 3rd quarterly meet of Delhi Orthopaedic Association on 29th september 2019 (theme knee joint) under the chairmanship Of Dr V K Nijhawan and organising secretary Dr Pardeep Bageja.

• The theme of the quarterly meet was knee and important topics like fractures, arthroplasty arthroscopy, deformity and tumours. It also included display of few arthroscopic innovative video techniques. It was attended by almost 80 orthopaedic surgeon and it was a great success. It was attended by our DOA President Dr Dhanajay Gupta , Doa Secretary Dr Hitesh Lal And Treasure Dr Mishra .

Doa advanced shoulder arthroscopy 06/10

Delhi Orthopaedic Associations-Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy CME & CADAVERIC Workshop on 6th October at Dr BSA Medical College.

There were 82 delegates from Delhi n Outside.65 were registered and all others walk ins , all were allowed to attend the CME .There were 30 Faculty from major intitutions like AIIMS, Safadurjung, Sir Gangaram, Fortis, Spinal injury centre, MAMC, Lady Hardinge , Sant parmanand,n others.

Dry workshop on knot tying and Shoulder instruments were well recieved by all.

Cadaveric Workshop was overbooked to 25 delegates, with 5 surgeons per table.

There were 2 table instructors on each table. Each delegate got a chance to train himself on bankart repair, diagnostic shoulder Scopy ,SAD , Knot Tying etc

This was the first DOA Green CME where plastic mineral water bottles were not used.

The delegate batches were of card paper & no plastic

India Arthritis and Osteoporosis

Conclave 13/10/20192019

The first such focused meet on the occasion of World

Arthritisand Osteoporosis Day was celebrated on 13th

October at Hotel TajVivanta Ambassador, Sujan Singh

Park, Delhi. It was hosted by Bone and joints Care

Society under the aegis of Delhi Orthopaedic

Association along with Goenka University and Fortis

Hospital Vasant Kunj. This year theme was “Senior

Citizen Locomotion Disability Prevention”. Chief guest

was Hon DGHS Dr Sanjay Tyagi who highlighted the

epidemic of locomotion disability affecting the senior

citizens and what steps are being taken by

government. Additional director DrGaurisengupta

spoke about National programme for Health care of

Elderly, challenges and achievements.

Scientific Programme consisted of exhaustive lectures on various aspect of Arthritis and Osteoporosis. Faculty consisted of Orthopaeds, Neurologist, Endocrinologist and Rehabilitation experts. Salient feature of this conclave was panel discussion with panelists being specialists of their respective field. Various fields touched upon were PNDT act and USG machines usage by Orthopaeds, Insurance and OPD treatment of Arthritis & OP; National programme for above diseases; school curriculum changes to create awareness and sensitise kids to Arthritis &OP; Public Private Partnership in elderly care and right to health for elderlies. Dr Dhananjay Gupta, Dr Hitesh Lall, Dr Sanjeev Gupta thanked all the senior faculties, panelists and delegates for making the event a big success. Everyone took a pledge to spread the awareness about the issue of locomotion disability in senior citizens in fight to keep them mobile till the last.

DOA ACETABULUM MEET 18-19/10

Delhi orthopaedic Association and Sir Ganga Ram hospital Post Graduate Teaching Program on Pelvis and Acetabular fractures was conducted at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 19th October.

Dr Manish Dhawan - Organizing Chairman

Course Director - Dr N K Magu

Dr Brajesh Nandan - Organizing Co- Chairman

Dr Ravi Chauhan - Organizing Secretary

Various Renowned pelvis and acetabular surgeons from all across India have participated as faculty.Total Registrations were 67, out of which 62 delegates have attended the program.

Welcome to DOACON 2019:

8-10/11/2019

JAI HIND

President Dr. Dhananjay Gupta Hon. Secretary Dr. Hitesh Lal Past President Dr. Ramesh Kumar President Elect Dr. Sharad Agarwal

Past Secretary Dr. Lalit Maini Vice President Dr. Monu Singh Jt. Secretaries Dr. Barjinder Singh Dr.Vijay K Sharma Hon. Treasurer Dr. RK Mishra Editor in Chief Dr. Raju Vaishya Executive Members SOUTH Dr. Bhavuk Garg Dr. RK Beniwal NORTH Dr. JP Singh Dr. Nirankar Singh CENTRAL Dr.Gulshan Kapoor Dr. Pradeep Bageja WEST Dr. Vineet Kr. Arora Dr.Harmesh Kapoor EAST Dr. Rehan-ul- Haq Dr. Amit Kansal NCR Dr. Anuj Dhingra PG Coordinator Dr. Rehan/ Dr Vineet